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if there any questions. >> any questions? >> no members of the public have indicated they want to address you. >> ok. motion to authorize this contract and vacation? second? all those in favor? opposed passes unanimously. >> item 9 is groups. that moves you to next item. item 10. approving an amendment to contract no. 08-04 authorizing webcor/obayashi joint venture to award a trade subcontract to pass electric as the responsible bidder submitting the lowest responsive bid in the amount of $650,000. [inaudible] >> good morning, directors. the item before you today is a contract that will be awarded as a subcontract to the contract with webcor/obayashi for construction of the transit center. this is to provide a temporary power connections. the transit center construction site spans four city blocks and we are going to have five points of service connection for temporary power that will be utilized during the course of construction facilities. that is the scope of services under this contract. this was bid as a one of 1% sbe pa
if there any questions. >> any questions? >> no members of the public have indicated they want to address you. >> ok. motion to authorize this contract and vacation? second? all those in favor? opposed passes unanimously. >> item 9 is groups. that moves you to next item. item 10. approving an amendment to contract no. 08-04 authorizing webcor/obayashi joint venture to award a trade subcontract to pass electric as the responsible bidder submitting the lowest responsive...
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supervisor mirkarimi: any new items? seeing none, any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item. >> public comment. supervisor mirkarimi: any public comment for those of you who did not have a chance at the previous 11 times? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item. >> adjournment. supervisor mirkarimi: have a great day. deaths >> a good afternoon, and welcome to the rules committee meeting. joining us are supervisors elsbernd and farrel. we would like to acknowledge sfgtv and the transcripts they make available online. >> the items on the agenda go to the board on tuesday unless otherwise indicated. >> item 1, confirming the appointing of jane wu to the -- >> can you please introduce yourself to the committee, and talk about your interest in serving in this commission. >> i know you have a long agenda and i will be as brief as possible. you have a detailed by a. a couple of things i wanted to register with you. i was born in sydney, australia and have lived in japan and hong kong, and went to school for 12 years -- but i
supervisor mirkarimi: any new items? seeing none, any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item. >> public comment. supervisor mirkarimi: any public comment for those of you who did not have a chance at the previous 11 times? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item. >> adjournment. supervisor mirkarimi: have a great day. deaths >> a good afternoon, and welcome to the rules committee meeting. joining us are supervisors elsbernd and farrel. we...
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any other questions or comments? thank you very much for being here. at this time we will open up for public comment. is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. to we have a motion to move this forward? >> motion to move forward with recommendation. supervisor kim: without objection. madam clerk, please call item number six. >> charter amendment to amend the chart every of the city and county of san francisco by amending sex 14 .101. supervisor kim: and thank you. and supervisor wiener the -- wiener the here to speak on this item. supervisor wiener: thank you. today the rules academy committee is considering an overdue good government measure. a charter amendment that will create greater flexibility for our a democratically elected government and enhance our ability to govern while expecting our voters to participate in the process. it will do so by allowing, after a certain number of years, the board of supervisors to amend or repeal ordinances that have been adopted by the ordinances instead of requiring any
any other questions or comments? thank you very much for being here. at this time we will open up for public comment. is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. to we have a motion to move this forward? >> motion to move forward with recommendation. supervisor kim: without objection. madam clerk, please call item number six. >> charter amendment to amend the chart every of the city and county of san francisco by amending sex 14 .101....
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supervisors cohen: i do not have any questions. i just wanted to know if they were here to represent themselves. supervisor mar: with no other questions, let's open this up for public comment. is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is close. colleagues, can we move this forward without objection? thank you. can you please call items two through five. we're also joined by supervisor chu. >> elsberndordinance approving a the city and county of san francisco and parkmerced investors, llc, for certain real property located in the lake merced district of san francisco, commonly referred to as parkmerced, generally bounded. item four, ordinance reflecting the special district. item #5. supervisor mar: thank you. before i introduce supervisor elsbernd, let me just say we have a lot of public comment today. we will limit it to two minutes per person. i urge people to keep it as short as possible. brief remarks in the mibeginning 39 yen, he will talk about amendments or changes. supervisor elsbernd? mr. yardeni, would you
supervisors cohen: i do not have any questions. i just wanted to know if they were here to represent themselves. supervisor mar: with no other questions, let's open this up for public comment. is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is close. colleagues, can we move this forward without objection? thank you. can you please call items two through five. we're also joined by supervisor chu. >> elsberndordinance approving a the city and county of san francisco and parkmerced...
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any discussion on the commission? any public testimony? [laughter] any other public testimony? ok, i have a motion and a second. all of those in favor the motion carries. a contract for a little over quarter of $1 billion. secretary housh: mr. president, perhaps the next two items -- wait a minute. i have lost myself in the agenda here. vice president moran: mr. secretary, let's just do them one at a time. secretary housh: i know of 13, -- i the number 13, discussion possible action to approve additional increases to the cost and schedule contract contingencies in the amount of $339,000 for a total amount of almost $3.50 million and 705 consecutive calendar days. vice president moran: commissioners, we have the package in front of us. would you like to have the presentation, or do you have specific questions could ok, then if i could have a motion? moved and seconded. is there any public comment. secretary housh: we have no speaker cards. vice president moran: ok, the motion carries. secretary housh: the next item would be item number 14, the discussion possible action to appro
any discussion on the commission? any public testimony? [laughter] any other public testimony? ok, i have a motion and a second. all of those in favor the motion carries. a contract for a little over quarter of $1 billion. secretary housh: mr. president, perhaps the next two items -- wait a minute. i have lost myself in the agenda here. vice president moran: mr. secretary, let's just do them one at a time. secretary housh: i know of 13, -- i the number 13, discussion possible action to approve...
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any comments? i just want to say that i think this ordinance came forward out of an exceptional circumstance that we do not see often in the city of sanford cisco, which is when we have a mayor that is elected to another seat, and we are scrambling to find leadership and an interim mayor that has worked for the city of san francisco. i think some of the amendments made were very good, and i think it is important to note that the interim mayor does decide to run, that he will no longer be eligible for this ordinance, will not be able to return to his employment. i think the amendments made around a salary were good recommendations as well. are there any further comments from my colleagues? motion to move forward with positive recommendation to the full board without objection. madam clerk, can you please call item 9? >> item nine, ordinance amending the business and tax regulation code to establish a citizens advisory committee for the central market street and tenderloin area. supervisor kim: thank
any comments? i just want to say that i think this ordinance came forward out of an exceptional circumstance that we do not see often in the city of sanford cisco, which is when we have a mayor that is elected to another seat, and we are scrambling to find leadership and an interim mayor that has worked for the city of san francisco. i think some of the amendments made were very good, and i think it is important to note that the interim mayor does decide to run, that he will no longer be...
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any -- thanks. any public comments? thank you. i don't have any more questions. any public comments? seeing none, public comment is closed. may we take this? motion to approve with recommendation. so moved. very good. madam clerk, item number two, please. >> item two, resolution aproving the joint powers agreement establishing the bay area regional interoperable communication systems authority and authorizing payment of membership fees commissioner mirkarimi: director, welcome. >> thank you very much. anne, executive director of department of emergency management. and captain daniel mahoney, who has been our police counterpart on this project. it's a pleasure to be before you today and it's very nice that the item you just heard actually moifs very well into this -- morphs very well into this item. the 700 megahertz we were just talking about to really create this regional interoperability program, we have funding for bariks. which is the bay area regional interoperable communication system. it's a regional voice and data communication netanyahuwork. the project
any -- thanks. any public comments? thank you. i don't have any more questions. any public comments? seeing none, public comment is closed. may we take this? motion to approve with recommendation. so moved. very good. madam clerk, item number two, please. >> item two, resolution aproving the joint powers agreement establishing the bay area regional interoperable communication systems authority and authorizing payment of membership fees commissioner mirkarimi: director, welcome. >>...
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any other questions? i just want to thank the inspector for being involved in this, and we would like to stay involved in it. i think it is important for us to communicate with puc and other policymakers. we want to support the gray water initiatives in san francisco, but we also want to make sure they are done safely and that it does not infringe upon other properties and cause other problems later. commissioner walker: the part about being able to identify certain areas that are going to trigger issues -- i think that is an important issue, especially as we experienced the water rise that we know is coming. if there is a way that we could make -- you know, pay more attention to those or a process that catches those, i think that would be helpful. commissioner murphy: that is great that you are willing to help the public and advise them on it. very important that it is kept as inexpensive as possible. homeowners are not going to be able to afford a soil report. it costs all kinds of money, and they are n
any other questions? i just want to thank the inspector for being involved in this, and we would like to stay involved in it. i think it is important for us to communicate with puc and other policymakers. we want to support the gray water initiatives in san francisco, but we also want to make sure they are done safely and that it does not infringe upon other properties and cause other problems later. commissioner walker: the part about being able to identify certain areas that are going to...
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are there any public comments, or shall we call for any public comments on any item in the closed session? >> any public comment on a closed session? hearing none, please continue. >> we can entertain a motion to discuss the matter is listed within the conference of legal counsel. >> is there a motion? all those in favor? opposed? >> if you would give me one moment to read the two items. sorry. threat to public services or facilities, consultation with chief of security, conference of legal counsel pursuant to litigation, tadhge conway v. city and >> we are back now held a closed session. item 14, there was no action. item 15 was settled. >> would you like a motion to disclose or not disclose? commissioner vietor: yes, is there a motion to not disclose? >> so world. >> second. commissioner vietor: all those in favor? motion carries. next item. >> [inaudible] commissioner vietor: no, no new business. hearing none, the meeting is adjourned. thank you. >> welcome to the special meeting for lafco, april 18, 2011. supervisor campos: i am david campos, commissioner. we're joined by ross mirkari
are there any public comments, or shall we call for any public comments on any item in the closed session? >> any public comment on a closed session? hearing none, please continue. >> we can entertain a motion to discuss the matter is listed within the conference of legal counsel. >> is there a motion? all those in favor? opposed? >> if you would give me one moment to read the two items. sorry. threat to public services or facilities, consultation with chief of security,...
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this would not allow any opinions. i'm not sure what happened on that permit but if the code is correct, if the building code was used, i don't even see how those windows are on the property line. >> if that was a mistake made in 1998 and people have been relying on that to all of those years, what is the solution? >> the pill department is not get involved in that. >> in with the owner of that building be required to close off those windows for fire reasons? >> in today's code, that would be the case, yes the. >> if this goes through, he will have the additional burden of having to shut those off and increase the fire resistance? >> yes. >> we would not cite that for that problem. this is something they should be thinking about. >> it is there public comment? >> i have not been here in ages. we have a lot of sexy issues. the appellant of the dance house are good friends of mine. the issues to be good neighbors. that is the issue. mr. dufty has said that usually before now, they sat down and work this out. this is a di
this would not allow any opinions. i'm not sure what happened on that permit but if the code is correct, if the building code was used, i don't even see how those windows are on the property line. >> if that was a mistake made in 1998 and people have been relying on that to all of those years, what is the solution? >> the pill department is not get involved in that. >> in with the owner of that building be required to close off those windows for fire reasons? >> in...
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i can answer any questions that you have. supervisor kim: a was wondering, how was the decision made to provide free why fly? >> we started looking at expanding a few years ago when the city was contemplating providing free internet service city-wide. at that point we were under contract with t-global under a pay to use service. we kept that contract in place until it could be modified to be changed. at that point it had become increasingly obvious that passengers expected to be able to access internet for free at the airport. it showed up a lot in the common cards. we did switch the contract at that point and it seemed very thoughtful. supervisor kim: this does not include domestic? >> no, it is airport wide. and the rental car center. supervisor kim: have we thought about providing wifi on our own in the airports? >> i know that that was part of the decision leading up to putting up the new rfp, but i do not think it made financial sense. supervisor kim: the advertising, i could not really understand the report in terms of
i can answer any questions that you have. supervisor kim: a was wondering, how was the decision made to provide free why fly? >> we started looking at expanding a few years ago when the city was contemplating providing free internet service city-wide. at that point we were under contract with t-global under a pay to use service. we kept that contract in place until it could be modified to be changed. at that point it had become increasingly obvious that passengers expected to be able to...
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i have no inspection history of any physical inspection for any plumbing or heating devices. all i have is a permit would says replaced damages from fire. that permit is long since expired. >> so if i go to the online side and look at the history, there will be no permit for either a new heating system or a removal of the old one? >> based on the staff report given to me that i have in front of you here today, that is my understanding. there is no history of any permits for any of this work. there may be some misunderstanding. the appellate might have been under the belief that his job card covered this work, but it is clearly indicated that separate plumbing permits are required. commissioner walker: thank you. commissioner lee: did you have anything else to add? >> i did not mean it like that, but i had to go up to the building department and renew my existing building permit to get the parking passes that i had. i know i did that, and i paid them something, so i do not know what that is. they looked up the files and said that they updated the permits, and i paid the fees o
i have no inspection history of any physical inspection for any plumbing or heating devices. all i have is a permit would says replaced damages from fire. that permit is long since expired. >> so if i go to the online side and look at the history, there will be no permit for either a new heating system or a removal of the old one? >> based on the staff report given to me that i have in front of you here today, that is my understanding. there is no history of any permits for any of...
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colleagues, any comments or questions? seeing none? any public comment? >> item five adopt the proposed fiscal year 2011-12 annual budget and work program. >> any discussion on this item? seeing none, public comment. public comment is closed. roll call, please. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> absent. >> aye. >> aye. >> absent. >> aye. >> absent. >> prevails. item six. >> adopt positions on state and federal legislation. this is an action item. >> discussion? seeing none, closed. public comment? public comment is closed. take this without objection? item seven please. >> adopt alternative 2b as the locally preferred alternative for the berba buena island ramps improvement project. >> discussion? none. public comment? none. take it without objection? so moved. >> program $579,000 in san francisco safe routes to the school capital funds to the san francisco municipal transportation agency for the sunset elementary school and apgiannini middle school project. >> take it out obligation. so moved. >> approve local project screening criteria for the r
colleagues, any comments or questions? seeing none? any public comment? >> item five adopt the proposed fiscal year 2011-12 annual budget and work program. >> any discussion on this item? seeing none, public comment. public comment is closed. roll call, please. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> absent. >> aye. >> aye. >> absent. >> aye. >> absent. >> prevails. item six. >> adopt positions on state...
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are there any questions? >> you told me to put you on the spot, what is generally going on with the senator and high speed rail. the various hearings -- not just him, but gordon and all that has been going on. i am just curious from your perspective. >> i am not certain what is going on but this has to do with the available money that is out there. this may have been today or yesterday. another state declined money for the high-speed rail. in california has taken a percentage of that, that has been targeted for the valley. these are the dynamics occurring, with respect to who is getting the money. >> thank you. >> and there are no other questions? >> i just want to talk about the bills that we have the position on today. this should be on page 29 of the package. this would free up the funds for the tax account, for the annual restriction. this goes to the state and local governments, to fund the state highway account. and this allows for the gas tax -- gas tax revenues for the budget and the local railway pro
are there any questions? >> you told me to put you on the spot, what is generally going on with the senator and high speed rail. the various hearings -- not just him, but gordon and all that has been going on. i am just curious from your perspective. >> i am not certain what is going on but this has to do with the available money that is out there. this may have been today or yesterday. another state declined money for the high-speed rail. in california has taken a percentage of...
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any numbers on that?believe it is a major achievement, and two/thirds, 66% say, yes, it is a major achievement for the united states, but here is the flipside for this. the next number, does bin laden's death eliminate al qaeda as a terrorist threat to the united states, and most americans do not believe that. but they still worry about a threat from al qaeda, randi. >> one day, it would be nice to see that number go down, wouldn't it? thank you, paul steinhauser in washington. thank you, paul. >>> we begin this hour with the latest development in the death of osama bin laden. the obama administration tells cnn that the white house has decided not to delease t releash photos of osama bin laden. and the decision was made by the president. we expect to hear more about it in the white house briefing that is expected to happen at any moment, and we are keeping a close eye on the podium, because we want to hear how the president came to that decision given that yesterday, just yesterday the cia director leon p
any numbers on that?believe it is a major achievement, and two/thirds, 66% say, yes, it is a major achievement for the united states, but here is the flipside for this. the next number, does bin laden's death eliminate al qaeda as a terrorist threat to the united states, and most americans do not believe that. but they still worry about a threat from al qaeda, randi. >> one day, it would be nice to see that number go down, wouldn't it? thank you, paul steinhauser in washington. thank you,...
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reaction any other commissioners? any public comment on item number two? seeing none, we will move to item number three, the adoption of new. -- of finance -- minutes. >> if something is taken out of order, does it change its reflection in the minutes? i voted out of order on something, and it appears i am absent. i did vote for no. 7. >> we typically kept things in order in which they are numbered, but we did indicate your rival time in the first section of -- your a rival time in the first section of the minutes. any public comment on the minutes? call the roll, please. >> we have a mission from president go to adopt the minutes. [calling grvotes] those are adopted. i also got no word from the appellants attorney that they are due for a writ -- i got the word from the appellants attorney that they are due for a rescheduling. >> would you like to take that out of order? >> we will move to item number eight, witches' appeal number 11-036, island market daily versus the department of public health. the reason of suspension is selling tobacco products to a m
reaction any other commissioners? any public comment on item number two? seeing none, we will move to item number three, the adoption of new. -- of finance -- minutes. >> if something is taken out of order, does it change its reflection in the minutes? i voted out of order on something, and it appears i am absent. i did vote for no. 7. >> we typically kept things in order in which they are numbered, but we did indicate your rival time in the first section of -- your a rival time in...
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is there any other public comment? seeing none, we will move on to commissioner's comments and questions. item number three, for your consideration are the meetings and who -- the minutes for the may 18, 2011 meeting. >> seeing none, i will move for adoption during good >> is there any public comment on -- i will move for adoption. >> is there any public comment on this item and? we will move to the role of h -- to calling the role. [calling fovotes] >> this is adopted. >> item 4a, a jurisdiction request. the board received a letter from jonathan sacks asking that the board take jurisdiction over application who 2009/12/18/03506 s. the request was received on may 3, 2011. the project is an elevator at the rear side of the structure. we can start with the requester. you have three minutes. >> my name is jonathan sacks. i am here with my wife. our neighbor convince us to not object to his building permit are promising an elevator insulation would not generate motor noise. this is in exhibit b to the response. my note sai
is there any other public comment? seeing none, we will move on to commissioner's comments and questions. item number three, for your consideration are the meetings and who -- the minutes for the may 18, 2011 meeting. >> seeing none, i will move for adoption during good >> is there any public comment on -- i will move for adoption. >> is there any public comment on this item and? we will move to the role of h -- to calling the role. [calling fovotes] >> this is adopted....
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are there any questions? >> on this last two pieces, you include kraft hours -- craft hours and number of bay area labor. can you include also the number of, i guess -- i'm looking for information on small business, local businesses. why we do not include back. >> the small business -- right now, the utility packages, each of those are small business entities, and then, there are some on the team, and that is sort of a company entity. we can either track that here, or i think there is another report we use for that. the mas, we report on that regularly. as a reminder, all of the utility location work is 100% small business. >> any other questions? thank you very much. >> thank you, directors. that concludes my report. >> will go ahead and look to item six. this is an opportunity for members of the public to address the committee on matters that are not on the calendar. >> good morning. i am a resident in the rincon hill neighborhood, a block away from the temporary terminal. i wanted to take this opportunity
are there any questions? >> on this last two pieces, you include kraft hours -- craft hours and number of bay area labor. can you include also the number of, i guess -- i'm looking for information on small business, local businesses. why we do not include back. >> the small business -- right now, the utility packages, each of those are small business entities, and then, there are some on the team, and that is sort of a company entity. we can either track that here, or i think there...
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in any map. the 2006 plan provides a detailed application mapping of on street and off street parking. the 2006 transportation plan shows numbers of cars in each location. this was brought up by the public. it is a shortcoming of the e.r. -- of the eir. the 2011 plan does not provide any comparable information. the 2006 plan is based on a remark of smart growth, new neighborhood design, and a very block structure resulting in a plan that creates a more interesting urban form than what is currently suggested. the 2011 plan has changed the basic residential structure into a more generic, less interesting arrangement of uniformly parallel residential blocks, which makes the plan look regimented. the 2006 plan provided a green connector which is a mid block open space. the screen connector informally weaves through the neighborhood fabric and is planned to support a variety of adjoining residential blocks to knit together the entire community. the 2011 plan has a fantasy idea of the neighborhood gree
in any map. the 2006 plan provides a detailed application mapping of on street and off street parking. the 2006 transportation plan shows numbers of cars in each location. this was brought up by the public. it is a shortcoming of the e.r. -- of the eir. the 2011 plan does not provide any comparable information. the 2006 plan is based on a remark of smart growth, new neighborhood design, and a very block structure resulting in a plan that creates a more interesting urban form than what is...
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are there any comments or questions? ok. i also wanted to respond to supervisor ferrell's comment about having an advisory body that gave recommendations on legislation. that language was actually listed from several other citizen advisory councils, for example, the local coordinating board and the civilization fund. we're not setting any precedents per se within this piece of legislation. >> i'm happy to take a look at it right now too. >> take a look at? >> precedents. >> you mean for previous task force? yeah, the language for all of that. >> actually, while we're waiting for the language on advicement on policy for other local task force, i was wondering if there are any comments on this proposal which would amend the legislation to be a split of district six supervisor. >> i still have not heard a rationale why this should be the case and why the process that works for every other committee commission task force . it has worked just fine. >> just to ensure that there's a diversity of voices that they may not be reflecte
are there any comments or questions? ok. i also wanted to respond to supervisor ferrell's comment about having an advisory body that gave recommendations on legislation. that language was actually listed from several other citizen advisory councils, for example, the local coordinating board and the civilization fund. we're not setting any precedents per se within this piece of legislation. >> i'm happy to take a look at it right now too. >> take a look at? >> precedents....
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also importantly any project seeking major exceptions from any of the standards or needing conditional use standards, any building that seeks to deviate in a notable way would need to come to the commission for individual discretionary approval action. you did receive an errata package in the past week and the actions before you are on the documents as reflected through incorporation of those errata. if you wish, rich ilis can walk you through the errata. as a housekeeping note as is the case with many other major plans we work at that have many numerous documents and motions before you, staff requests that the commission affirmatively grant staff the authority to correct any typographical or grammatical errors in the motions we may find as we finalize them. with that, the planning department recommends approval of each of these actions. i or other staff would be happy to answer any questions you might have. thank you. >> open it up to general public comment. we have speaker cards but we will ask people to stand in one line and to come up to speak. the speaker cards were confusing beca
also importantly any project seeking major exceptions from any of the standards or needing conditional use standards, any building that seeks to deviate in a notable way would need to come to the commission for individual discretionary approval action. you did receive an errata package in the past week and the actions before you are on the documents as reflected through incorporation of those errata. if you wish, rich ilis can walk you through the errata. as a housekeeping note as is the case...
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we do not want any of that to go on. we do not want any houses torn down. thank you very much. supervisor mar: if there's no one else that would like to speak, public comment is closed. colleagues, are there questions? my hope is that the two locals will work with supervisor elsbernd's office to try to address some of those issues. my understanding is that this easement would help with the supermarket to be built in the neighborhood that really needs it as well as the affordable housing and the market rate housing that will be in this transit-rich area, so i will just say that i am very supportive of the project, but i hope some of the issues can be discussed at least by the project sponsors. are there any other questions, or is there a motion? supervisor elsbernd: i just thank you very much. i think you have done a very good job of summarizing this. i'll be happy to continue to try to work on some of these issues. i would just remind the committee that three or four weeks ago, we weigh in on the issue in unanimously voted for a resolution, so i think the board is as much on re
we do not want any of that to go on. we do not want any houses torn down. thank you very much. supervisor mar: if there's no one else that would like to speak, public comment is closed. colleagues, are there questions? my hope is that the two locals will work with supervisor elsbernd's office to try to address some of those issues. my understanding is that this easement would help with the supermarket to be built in the neighborhood that really needs it as well as the affordable housing and the...
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will see if there is any merit to any aspect of them.ut as it stands now, it is unfair to characterize what the police department or the entertainment commission has been doing that -- has been doing as trying to take rights away our come down unreasonably on clubs, hindering their operations. ok. >> mark downey. i was quite surprised when i was on a national website that basically the stock trading and gold buying. all of a sudden, they were pointing out why new york is going to hell in a handbasket. there were cooking the entertainment commission. -- they weren't -- they were quoting the entertainment commission. i thought it was really uncalled for to cast aspersions on the entertainment commission, because they have never, ever done that. they put forward some ideas that were raised, and also the police department, from certain large clubs. there were putting forward things for consideration because of certain times those id skinner's work. i do not think of was ever anybody's intention to force that down anybody's throat. i think th
will see if there is any merit to any aspect of them.ut as it stands now, it is unfair to characterize what the police department or the entertainment commission has been doing that -- has been doing as trying to take rights away our come down unreasonably on clubs, hindering their operations. ok. >> mark downey. i was quite surprised when i was on a national website that basically the stock trading and gold buying. all of a sudden, they were pointing out why new york is going to hell in...
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made it clear that they will have a say when it comes to the terms and conditions of any negotiations is obama's peace ideas already dead on arrival. you can. still. get cross talk the peace process i'm joined by my guest in washington daniel pollack he is co-director of government relations for the zionist organization of america we also have hussein he is the author of the efficient log dot com and a columnist for now lebannon and paul sam he's an adjunct scholar at the middle east institute and a professor of israel studies at the university of maryland ok gentlemen crossed this is cross talk and i mean you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but first let's have a look at the chess board and some of its pieces. u.s. president barack obama is faced with a daunting task helped broker a peace settlement between israel and the palestinians that both parties can live with while of the same time be accepted by the international community it is early days but obama's raid is an issue that has so far only exposed the divisions between washington and tel aviv as well
made it clear that they will have a say when it comes to the terms and conditions of any negotiations is obama's peace ideas already dead on arrival. you can. still. get cross talk the peace process i'm joined by my guest in washington daniel pollack he is co-director of government relations for the zionist organization of america we also have hussein he is the author of the efficient log dot com and a columnist for now lebannon and paul sam he's an adjunct scholar at the middle east institute...
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any other comments? >> i'm sorry, supervisor, in order to move this forward as a committee report, we have to have a request supporting that. supervisor kim: ok, so, we will not be able to do that then. my apologies. you will still be able to attend the meeting, but not as a member. we have a motion to move forward with positive recommendation to the full board. so moved. thank you. madam clerk, can you please call item four? >> item four, hearing to consider appointing one member, a term ending october 19, 2011, to the eastern neighborhood citizens advisory committee. there is one seat and one applicant. supervisor kim: thank you. is mr. conde -- mr. grande here? yes. thank you so much for being here. again, if you could talk briefly about your background, your interest in serving our eastern neighborhoods cac. >> sure. good afternoon, supervisors. let me tell you a little bit about myself and by i am really interested in wanting to be part of the eastern neighborhood cac. my background or my roots in t
any other comments? >> i'm sorry, supervisor, in order to move this forward as a committee report, we have to have a request supporting that. supervisor kim: ok, so, we will not be able to do that then. my apologies. you will still be able to attend the meeting, but not as a member. we have a motion to move forward with positive recommendation to the full board. so moved. thank you. madam clerk, can you please call item four? >> item four, hearing to consider appointing one member,...
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any other comments? we have a motion to move forward this item with a positive recommendation to the full board, and that is without objection. thank you. madam clerk, can you please call item five? that item five, hearing to consider appointing one member, a term ending march 31, 2013, to the commission on the aging advisory council. there is one seat and one applicant. supervisor kim: thank you. is ms. halee -- haile here? thank you. same format. if you could spend a couple of minutes telling us about your background and your interest on continuing to serve. thank you so much for your service already on multiple commissions for the city of san francisco. >> thank you. in my experience, i worked in senior agencies in chinatown, self-help for the elderly, and the tenderloin. so i say my two main interests are aging and immigrants. i am on the immigrants rights commission. in aging, there seems to be no end of stuff to do this year. the advisory council is mandated by the older american debt, and we have
any other comments? we have a motion to move forward this item with a positive recommendation to the full board, and that is without objection. thank you. madam clerk, can you please call item five? that item five, hearing to consider appointing one member, a term ending march 31, 2013, to the commission on the aging advisory council. there is one seat and one applicant. supervisor kim: thank you. is ms. halee -- haile here? thank you. same format. if you could spend a couple of minutes telling...
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are there any other comments or questions about this? seeing none -- any public comments? seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you. now we move into the committee business decisions. next item. >> item 5. authorize the executive director to exercise a one-year extension to the professional services contract with pendergast & associates in amount not to exceed $275,000, to a total amount not to exceed $875,000, to provide disadvantaged business enterprise/small business enterprise consulting services for the presidio parkway project and authorize the executive director to negotiate contract terms and conditions. this is an action item. supervisor mirkarimi: any discussion on this particular item? seeing none, public comment? public comment is closed. the house has changed. roll-call, please. >> [roll call] the item passes. supervisor mirkarimi: next item please. >> item 6. amend the adopted fiscal year 2010/11 budget to increase revenues by $16,509,843, decrease expenditures by $49,268,862 and decrease other financing sources by $152,787,500 for a total net decrease
are there any other comments or questions about this? seeing none -- any public comments? seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you. now we move into the committee business decisions. next item. >> item 5. authorize the executive director to exercise a one-year extension to the professional services contract with pendergast & associates in amount not to exceed $275,000, to a total amount not to exceed $875,000, to provide disadvantaged business enterprise/small business...
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, any fear of retaliation, any fear of having their status being basically disclosed, and being deported for wanting to get health care. so it is a really important thing for us to remember that as we are thinking about comprehensive immigration reform, that we also continue to strengthen and defend sanctuary ordinance not just here in san francisco, where it has been under a lot of pressure and discussion and a lot of debate, bull also all over the country, because other cities also have a sanctuary ordinance. again, it is not about -- the way that the current dialogue that is been happening, a lot is about crime. it is actually about insuring that everybody has equal access and equal process in san francisco. so we want to put that out there and remind people that is what it is about, and we are definitely here to be able to hear any questions and again to continue strengthening and defending the sanctuary ordinance. my colleague is going to talk always more about the complaint process that people can use to file a complaint regarding a sanctuary city violation. >> thank you. if i may,
, any fear of retaliation, any fear of having their status being basically disclosed, and being deported for wanting to get health care. so it is a really important thing for us to remember that as we are thinking about comprehensive immigration reform, that we also continue to strengthen and defend sanctuary ordinance not just here in san francisco, where it has been under a lot of pressure and discussion and a lot of debate, bull also all over the country, because other cities also have a...
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we from there moved to, and i don't have any photographs because i couldn't take any from her roof but she may have brought some of her own. then we went to see the folks at clay street. the neighbors that i met, some of them just wanted to see peace in the neighborhood and that is just great and we'll do whatever we can do. the clay street neighbors have a tight-knit block an their light and ventilation should be considered because they're the ones affected by this. for the others, we look for good neighbor gestures. we went back and reduced and removed again. i do argue that we made good neighbor gestures. we took off the portion of the addition that is closest to ms. solomon's penthouse on the left. we took it out. we lowered the -- we lowered the rest of the left side addition to conform with the slope of the steps. and we lowered the rooftop on the right-hand side even though tim who is on the -- who is in the brick building on the right side really has no view or even light issues. but most important, we took three and a half feet off of the back of the building. we took a -- we
we from there moved to, and i don't have any photographs because i couldn't take any from her roof but she may have brought some of her own. then we went to see the folks at clay street. the neighbors that i met, some of them just wanted to see peace in the neighborhood and that is just great and we'll do whatever we can do. the clay street neighbors have a tight-knit block an their light and ventilation should be considered because they're the ones affected by this. for the others, we look for...
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are there any announcements? >> this adams ammendment will go to the full board. >> and can we excuse supervisor ellsbernd? call item number one. >> motion to appoint mirkarimi to the council. >> we will open up for public comment. public comment is now closed. are there any comments or questions on this item? we can move this forward without recommendation. may you pleace call -- please call item 2. >> the terms ending 2011 and 2013, the bond oversight committee. two seats and two applicants. we will go in the order listed. first is brian brown. >> good afternoon. if you can introduce yourself? and thank you for your service to the community. >> ahs the economist -- i wrote the economic section. we put forward the idea of creating a revenue bond oversight committee. i was nominated to this in 2003. i would like to be reappointed to the remaining months from november. i would like to be reappointed for the reasons we have discussed today. this is the continuity and the revenue oversight committee. the article i r
are there any announcements? >> this adams ammendment will go to the full board. >> and can we excuse supervisor ellsbernd? call item number one. >> motion to appoint mirkarimi to the council. >> we will open up for public comment. public comment is now closed. are there any comments or questions on this item? we can move this forward without recommendation. may you pleace call -- please call item 2. >> the terms ending 2011 and 2013, the bond oversight committee....
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do we have any further public comment? ok. i would like to just make a couple -- sorry, commissioner clyde? commissioner clyde: after you. president o'brien: ok. so clearly there's an agreement that taking away tax ordinance is a good thing, and that's obviously something that's agreed to by everybody because we're all agreeing to do something that reduces the tax being paid to do business in san francisco. and we're always complaining up here on the commission on a regular basis about the fact san francisco is one of the most expensive places to do business and how difficult it is to be an entrepreneur in san francisco and for me personally, the last taxation that -- less taxation we have, the better and the more we rely on people to take care of themselves, the better. it's just a fundamental, philosophical argument i have, just a comment i will make. commissioner clyde? commissioner clyde: thank you, commissioners. i just want you to know i'm in support of supervisor mirkarimi's legislation at this point as written just bec
do we have any further public comment? ok. i would like to just make a couple -- sorry, commissioner clyde? commissioner clyde: after you. president o'brien: ok. so clearly there's an agreement that taking away tax ordinance is a good thing, and that's obviously something that's agreed to by everybody because we're all agreeing to do something that reduces the tax being paid to do business in san francisco. and we're always complaining up here on the commission on a regular basis about the fact...
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is there any public comment? commissioner walker: rebuttal and -- >> is there anybody for public comment? president lee: yes. >> public comment is three minutes. >> my name is elaine, i own the business below the unit in discussion now. i did not stand to be swrorn in so if you need -- sworn in so if you need to do that. >> do you swear that the testimony you are about to give is the truth to the best of your knowledge? >> i do. >> ok. >> i really don't have much to add other than they are definitely people living there. they have been there since i bought the business in 2007. they were there before. i'm not aware that they're a business of any sort except to have these parties on the weekends. they are very disruptive to my business below. everything from threats to my employees to trash and broken bottles to lots of noise disrupting my employees on a basis to fear of altercation of human feesies being placed at our front door which kind of started all this and brought the police into it and i have pictures her
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you back and around january or march. >> and other any other questions? please continue. >> if there are no further questions on the authority, i would like to say that we are seeking approval for the fiscal year 2011-2012 from this committee. >> we will open this up for public comment. is there anyone from the public who wish to speak? seeing none, we will close public, and can we move this forward without objection? thank you. please call the next item. >> said in federal legislative update. this is an information item. -- state and federal legislative update. this is an informational item. >> the legislative update this month. >> i wanted to just give you what was going on with respect to the recommended legislation for washington. we're in the midst of the legislative session. many of these bills will be taken to this file, and the senate will take up a new system and the assembly will take this off on the 27th. you will see a lot of this, with the bills that will make it onto the floor. this to pass $8 million, with $13 billion in new cuts, and we ha
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any further environmental review. there was no requirement for the environmental impact report. the forward three years later, we conducted our environmental analysis and determined that he categorial exemption was appropriate as to what happened in that in turn and why the project was changed. >> i look forward to the presentation and their response. in your re-evaluation [unintelligible] allow me a moment to think about that. supervisor elsbernd: as one of the three, let's not forget 98% was on the issue of historical districts. supervisor mirkarimi: we're reflective of what happened three years ago. there is the summation of the projects changes. number of cabinets, by 124, and there is the technical change in terms of power supply. the radius of the project, the cabinet's. other than historic resources, i think our analysis was fundamentally the same. the characterization of the project has the specific nuances of the analysis of this reflected a change [unintelligible] supervisor mirkarimi: you answered the corpu
any further environmental review. there was no requirement for the environmental impact report. the forward three years later, we conducted our environmental analysis and determined that he categorial exemption was appropriate as to what happened in that in turn and why the project was changed. >> i look forward to the presentation and their response. in your re-evaluation [unintelligible] allow me a moment to think about that. supervisor elsbernd: as one of the three, let's not forget...
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i don't see any public speakers signed up. any comments from the board or superintendent? seeing none, thank you. roll call please? [roll call vote was taken] [the motion passed unanimously] president mendoza: thank you, mr. armentrot. i need a motion and second on the resolution to adopt soisted layoff hearing proposed decision to issue final certification layoff notices. reading by mr. bushman? i'm sorry. i need a motion and a second. >> so moved. president mendoza: thank you. mr. bushman? >> good evening. it's with great regret that i sit here before you with this request. this evening, we recommend that the board adopt the administrative law judges proposed decision in the district's certified layoff hearing. we also seek your approval to send final notices that services will not be -- that services will not be required pursuant to the administrative law judge's proposed decision and in accordance with the education code. as you recall, the board adopted a resolution to initiate these layoff proceedings at its march 1 meeting and at that time the board approved a reduc
i don't see any public speakers signed up. any comments from the board or superintendent? seeing none, thank you. roll call please? [roll call vote was taken] [the motion passed unanimously] president mendoza: thank you, mr. armentrot. i need a motion and second on the resolution to adopt soisted layoff hearing proposed decision to issue final certification layoff notices. reading by mr. bushman? i'm sorry. i need a motion and a second. >> so moved. president mendoza: thank you. mr....